Volume > Issue > New Oxford Notes: September 2005

New Oxford Notes: September 2005

A "Compassionate Conservative" Advises Pope Benedict XVI

Bush's "faith-man" believes Ratzinger could be a good pontiff if only he will be "compassionate toward all God's children."

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
Prolifers: Thanks for the Votes; We'll See You Again in Four Years

"According to the White House, Judge Roberts does not oppose Roe v. Wade." What more do you need to know?

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
Automatic Forgiveness

Fr. Ron Rolheiser says Jesus provides automatic forgiveness. Commit suicide if you want. Fr. Ron is giving you permission.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
Benedict the Moderate?

Fr. Richard McBrien gets emotional over the jubilation of Catholics who hail the election of Pope Benedict XVI.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
A Case Study in the Theology of Apology

As for apologies to homosexuals, the saga of San Diego Bishop Robert Brom could be instructive.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
"Perhaps the Most Powerful Man in the Church in America"

Who is he? According to Britain's leading Catholic periodical, none other than Fr. Joseph Fessio.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.

You May Also Enjoy

New Oxford Notes: January 2008

Archbishop Burke Has Courage... Be Fruitful & Multiply... Pope Benedict XVI Is Ambivalent About the Second Vatican Council... "Gay" Is Good -- for Business... Msgr. Mannion Is Infatuated With the Modern World... "The Great Blunder"

In Defense of Jacob

We know that Jacob ardently loves Rachel, and that Rachel requested that he fecundate her maid. What do we not know? His feelings about such a request.

Why the Feel-Good Generation Should Feel Rotten

We took sexual freedom as our birthright. We did not see that sex, with all its power, can hold the framework of society in place or tear it down.